From c1036c76b702937f61758241f168df1a9d1c624f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dirk <93130991+DirkDoes@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2026 22:50:27 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] improve update visibility

---
 .../Features/AutoUpdating/AutoUpdaterTests.cs | 27 ++++++++
 .../WiiManagement/RegionLicenseTests.cs       | 19 ++++--
 .../AutoUpdaterSingletonService.cs            | 53 +++++++++++----
 WheelWizard/Views/Layout.axaml                | 64 +++++++++++++------
 WheelWizard/Views/Layout.axaml.cs             | 22 ++++++-
 .../Popups/Generic/MessageBoxWindow.axaml     |  9 ++-
 .../Popups/Generic/MessageBoxWindow.axaml.cs  | 16 +++++
 .../Views/Updating/UpdatePresentation.cs      |  7 +-
 8 files changed, 175 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)

diff --git a/WheelWizard.Test/Features/AutoUpdating/AutoUpdaterTests.cs b/WheelWizard.Test/Features/AutoUpdating/AutoUpdaterTests.cs
index b5f69d95f..e337f6f94 100644
--- a/WheelWizard.Test/Features/AutoUpdating/AutoUpdaterTests.cs
+++ b/WheelWizard.Test/Features/AutoUpdating/AutoUpdaterTests.cs
@@ -79,6 +79,33 @@ public async Task ReleaseLookupFailure_IsPresentedWithoutStartingAnUpdate()
         Assert.Empty(fixture.Platform.ReceivedCalls());
     }
 
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData(true)]
+    [InlineData(false)]
+    public async Task PostponedUpdate_CanBeReopenedWithoutAnotherLookup(bool automatic)
+    {
+        var fixture = new Fixture();
+        fixture.Platform.SupportsAutomaticUpdate.Returns(automatic);
+        fixture.Releases([Release("v2.0.0")]);
+        var notifications = 0;
+        fixture.Service.UpdateAvailable += (_, _) => notifications++;
+
+        Assert.False(fixture.Service.IsUpdateAvailable);
+        await fixture.Service.ShowAvailableUpdateAsync();
+        Assert.Empty(fixture.Presentation.ReceivedCalls());
+
+        await fixture.Service.CheckForUpdatesAsync();
+        Assert.True(fixture.Service.IsUpdateAvailable);
+        Assert.Equal(1, notifications);
+        await fixture.Service.ShowAvailableUpdateAsync();
+
+        await fixture.GitHub.Received(1).GetReleasesAsync();
+        if (automatic)
+            await fixture.Presentation.Received(2).ConfirmUpdateAsync("2.0.0", "1.0.0");
+        else
+            await fixture.Presentation.Received(2).ShowManualUpdateAsync("2.0.0", "1.0.0");
+    }
+
     private static GithubRelease Release(string version, bool prerelease = false, bool compatible = true) =>
         new()
         {
diff --git a/WheelWizard.Test/Features/WiiManagement/RegionLicenseTests.cs b/WheelWizard.Test/Features/WiiManagement/RegionLicenseTests.cs
index 70710eea0..cf68d7da8 100644
--- a/WheelWizard.Test/Features/WiiManagement/RegionLicenseTests.cs
+++ b/WheelWizard.Test/Features/WiiManagement/RegionLicenseTests.cs
@@ -75,11 +75,20 @@ private static (GameLicenseSingletonService, MockFileSystem, ISettingsManager) C
         var settings = Substitute.For<ISettingsManager>();
         var miis = Substitute.For<IMiiDbService>();
         miis.GetByAvatarId(Arg.Any<uint>()).Returns(Fail("Missing Mii"));
-        var service = new GameLicenseSingletonService(miis, fs,
-            Substitute.For<IWhWzDataSingletonService>(), Substitute.For<IRrRatingReader>(), settings,
-            Substitute.For<ISaveRegionService>(), Substitute.For<IDolphinPaths>(), paths,
-            Substitute.For<IRoomPresence>(), Substitute.For<IPollingScheduler>(), System.TimeProvider.System,
-            NullLogger<GameLicenseSingletonService>.Instance);
+        var service = new GameLicenseSingletonService(
+            miis,
+            fs,
+            Substitute.For<IWhWzDataSingletonService>(),
+            Substitute.For<IRrRatingReader>(),
+            settings,
+            Substitute.For<ISaveRegionService>(),
+            Substitute.For<IDolphinPaths>(),
+            paths,
+            Substitute.For<IRoomPresence>(),
+            Substitute.For<IPollingScheduler>(),
+            System.TimeProvider.System,
+            NullLogger<GameLicenseSingletonService>.Instance
+        );
         return (service, fs, settings);
     }
 }
diff --git a/WheelWizard/Features/AutoUpdating/AutoUpdaterSingletonService.cs b/WheelWizard/Features/AutoUpdating/AutoUpdaterSingletonService.cs
index e0d39432f..52a3ef6f0 100644
--- a/WheelWizard/Features/AutoUpdating/AutoUpdaterSingletonService.cs
+++ b/WheelWizard/Features/AutoUpdating/AutoUpdaterSingletonService.cs
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ namespace WheelWizard.AutoUpdating;
 
 public interface IAutoUpdaterSingletonService
 {
-    public Task CheckForUpdatesAsync();
+    bool IsUpdateAvailable { get; }
+    event EventHandler? UpdateAvailable;
+    Task CheckForUpdatesAsync();
+    Task ShowAvailableUpdateAsync();
 }
 
 public class AutoUpdaterSingletonService(
@@ -19,6 +22,10 @@ IUpdatePresentation presentation
 ) : IAutoUpdaterSingletonService
 {
     private bool _manualUpdateShown;
+    private bool _updatePromptOpen;
+    private GithubRelease? _availableRelease;
+    public bool IsUpdateAvailable => _availableRelease is not null;
+    public event EventHandler? UpdateAvailable;
     private string CurrentVersion => brandingService.Branding.Version;
 
     public async Task CheckForUpdatesAsync()
@@ -27,26 +34,44 @@ public async Task CheckForUpdatesAsync()
         if (latestRelease?.TagName is null)
             return;
 
-        var latestVersion = latestRelease.TagName.TrimStart('v');
-        if (!updatePlatform.SupportsAutomaticUpdate)
+        _availableRelease = latestRelease;
+        UpdateAvailable?.Invoke(this, EventArgs.Empty);
+        if (!updatePlatform.SupportsAutomaticUpdate && _manualUpdateShown)
+            return;
+
+        await ShowAvailableUpdateAsync();
+    }
+
+    public async Task ShowAvailableUpdateAsync()
+    {
+        if (_availableRelease is not { TagName: not null } latestRelease || _updatePromptOpen)
+            return;
+
+        _updatePromptOpen = true;
+        try
         {
-            if (!_manualUpdateShown)
+            var latestVersion = latestRelease.TagName.TrimStart('v');
+            if (!updatePlatform.SupportsAutomaticUpdate)
             {
                 _manualUpdateShown = true;
                 await presentation.ShowManualUpdateAsync(latestVersion, CurrentVersion);
+                return;
             }
-            return;
-        }
 
-        var asset = updatePlatform.GetAssetForCurrentPlatform(latestRelease);
-        if (asset is null || !await presentation.ConfirmUpdateAsync(latestVersion, CurrentVersion))
-            return;
+            var asset = updatePlatform.GetAssetForCurrentPlatform(latestRelease);
+            if (asset is null || !await presentation.ConfirmUpdateAsync(latestVersion, CurrentVersion))
+                return;
 
-        var updateResult = await presentation.RunUpdateAsync(
-            (progress, cancellation) => updatePlatform.ExecuteUpdateAsync(asset.BrowserDownloadUrl, progress, cancellation)
-        );
-        if (updateResult.IsFailure)
-            await presentation.ShowUpdateFailureAsync(updateResult.Error.Message);
+            var updateResult = await presentation.RunUpdateAsync(
+                (progress, cancellation) => updatePlatform.ExecuteUpdateAsync(asset.BrowserDownloadUrl, progress, cancellation)
+            );
+            if (updateResult.IsFailure)
+                await presentation.ShowUpdateFailureAsync(updateResult.Error.Message);
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            _updatePromptOpen = false;
+        }
     }
 
     private async Task<GithubRelease?> GetLatestReleaseAsync()
diff --git a/WheelWizard/Views/Layout.axaml b/WheelWizard/Views/Layout.axaml
index 7774da99e..c1ee3a61a 100644
--- a/WheelWizard/Views/Layout.axaml
+++ b/WheelWizard/Views/Layout.axaml
@@ -290,24 +290,52 @@
                           VerticalAlignment="Center" />
             </Border>
 
-            <Border Grid.Column="6" x:Name="VersionTagBorder"
-                    Height="26"
-                    BorderThickness="1"
-                    BorderBrush="{StaticResource Neutral600}"
-                    Background="Transparent"
-                    CornerRadius="999"
-                    HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
-                    VerticalAlignment="Center">
-                <TextBlock x:Name="VersionTagText"
-                           Text="v0.0.0"
-                           Classes="TinyText"
-                           FontSize="13"
-                           Foreground="{StaticResource Neutral300}"
-                           FontWeight="Medium"
-                           Margin="0,0,8,0"
-                           HorizontalAlignment="Right"
-                           VerticalAlignment="Center" />
-            </Border>
+            <Button Grid.Column="6" x:Name="VersionTagBorder"
+                    Height="26" MaxWidth="90" ClipToBounds="True" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Center"
+                    Click="VersionTag_OnClick" AutomationProperties.Name="{loc:T action.update}">
+                <Button.Template>
+                    <ControlTemplate>
+                        <Border x:Name="BadgeBackground" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}"
+                                BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}"
+                                CornerRadius="999">
+                            <ContentPresenter Content="{TemplateBinding Content}"
+                                              HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" HorizontalContentAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Center" Margin="8,0" />
+                        </Border>
+                    </ControlTemplate>
+                </Button.Template>
+                <Button.Styles>
+                    <Style Selector="Button#VersionTagBorder">
+                        <Setter Property="Background" Value="Transparent" />
+                        <Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="{StaticResource Neutral600}" />
+                        <Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="1" />
+                        <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{StaticResource Neutral300}" />
+                        <Setter Property="Padding" Value="0" />
+                    </Style>
+                    <Style Selector="Button#VersionTagBorder.UpdateAvailable">
+                        <Setter Property="Background" Value="{StaticResource Warning500}" />
+                        <Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="0" />
+                        <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{StaticResource Neutral950}" />
+                        <Setter Property="Cursor" Value="Hand" />
+                    </Style>
+                    <Style Selector="Button#VersionTagBorder.UpdateAvailable:pointerover /template/ Border#BadgeBackground">
+                        <Setter Property="Background" Value="{StaticResource Warning300}" />
+                    </Style>
+                </Button.Styles>
+                <Grid ColumnDefinitions="Auto,*">
+                    <Viewbox x:Name="VersionUpdateIcon" Width="16" Height="16" IsVisible="False"
+                             HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="0,0,4,0">
+                        <Canvas Width="24" Height="24">
+                            <Path Data="M14 16a1 1 0 0 0 1-1v-2a1 1 0 0 1 1-1h3.293a.707.707 0 0 0 .5-1.207l-6.939-6.939a1.207 1.207 0 0 0-1.708 0l-6.94 6.94a.707.707 0 0 0 .5 1.206H8a1 1 0 0 1 1 1v2a1 1 0 0 0 1 1z M9 20h6"
+                                  Stroke="{Binding $parent[Button].Foreground}" StrokeThickness="2"
+                                  StrokeLineCap="Round" StrokeJoin="Round" />
+                        </Canvas>
+                    </Viewbox>
+                    <TextBlock Grid.Column="1" x:Name="VersionTagText" Text="v0.0.0" Classes="TinyText"
+                               HorizontalAlignment="Right"
+                               FontSize="13" FontWeight="Medium" VerticalAlignment="Center" TextTrimming="CharacterEllipsis"
+                               Foreground="{Binding $parent[Button].Foreground}" />
+                </Grid>
+            </Button>
 
             <Grid.Styles>
                 <Style Selector="Border.BottomSidebarIcon">
diff --git a/WheelWizard/Views/Layout.axaml.cs b/WheelWizard/Views/Layout.axaml.cs
index 5d3776412..c67c89664 100644
--- a/WheelWizard/Views/Layout.axaml.cs
+++ b/WheelWizard/Views/Layout.axaml.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 using Avalonia.Media;
 using Avalonia.Threading;
 using Avalonia.VisualTree;
+using WheelWizard.AutoUpdating;
 using WheelWizard.Branding;
 using WheelWizard.Localization;
 using WheelWizard.Mods;
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ namespace WheelWizard.Views;
 public partial class Layout : BaseWindow, IPollingListener
 {
     private INavigationService Navigation { get; }
+    private readonly IAutoUpdaterSingletonService _autoUpdater;
 
     protected override Control InteractionOverlay => DisabledDarkenEffect;
     protected override Control InteractionContent => WindowFrame;
@@ -80,7 +82,8 @@ public Layout(
         IGameLicenseSingletonService gameLicenseService,
         ISettingsManager settingsService,
         ISettingsSignalBus settingsSignalBus,
-        IModManager modManagerService
+        IModManager modManagerService,
+        IAutoUpdaterSingletonService autoUpdater
     )
     {
         Navigation = navigation;
@@ -92,6 +95,9 @@ IModManager modManagerService
         SettingsSignalBus = settingsSignalBus;
         ModManagerService = modManagerService;
         InitializeComponent();
+        _autoUpdater = autoUpdater;
+        _autoUpdater.UpdateAvailable += OnUpdateAvailable;
+        UpdateVersionBadge();
 
         // Wayland does not expose the drawn caption buttons from our platform decoration template.
         HeaderWindowControls.IsVisible =
@@ -159,6 +165,7 @@ await Task.WhenAll(
 
     protected override void OnClosed(EventArgs e)
     {
+        _autoUpdater.UpdateAvailable -= OnUpdateAvailable;
         Navigation.PageChanged -= Navigation_OnPageChanged;
         DetachLiveSubscriptions();
         _settingsSignalSubscription?.Dispose();
@@ -168,6 +175,19 @@ protected override void OnClosed(EventArgs e)
         base.OnClosed(e);
     }
 
+    private void OnUpdateAvailable(object? sender, EventArgs e) => Dispatcher.UIThread.Post(UpdateVersionBadge);
+
+    private void UpdateVersionBadge()
+    {
+        var available = _autoUpdater.IsUpdateAvailable;
+        VersionTagBorder.Classes.Set("UpdateAvailable", available);
+        VersionTagBorder.IsHitTestVisible = available;
+        VersionTagBorder.Focusable = available;
+        VersionUpdateIcon.IsVisible = available;
+    }
+
+    private async void VersionTag_OnClick(object? sender, RoutedEventArgs e) => await _autoUpdater.ShowAvailableUpdateAsync();
+
     private void OnLanguageChanged(object? sender, EventArgs e)
     {
         UpdateModsButtonText();
diff --git a/WheelWizard/Views/Popups/Generic/MessageBoxWindow.axaml b/WheelWizard/Views/Popups/Generic/MessageBoxWindow.axaml
index 66b6ce1c2..cfeb9fc6b 100644
--- a/WheelWizard/Views/Popups/Generic/MessageBoxWindow.axaml
+++ b/WheelWizard/Views/Popups/Generic/MessageBoxWindow.axaml
@@ -29,8 +29,13 @@
         <!-- Message Text -->
         <ScrollViewer Grid.Row="1" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" Margin="0,10"
                       VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Auto" HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Disabled">
-            <SelectableTextBlock Classes="BodyText" x:Name="MessageInformationBlock" FontSize="14" TextWrapping="Wrap"
-                                 HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="0,10,0,0" />
+            <StackPanel>
+                <SelectableTextBlock Classes="BodyText" x:Name="MessageInformationBlock" FontSize="14" TextWrapping="Wrap"
+                                     HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="0,10,0,0" />
+                <components:IconLabelButton x:Name="MessageLink" IsVisible="False" IconSize="0" FontSize="14"
+                                            Foreground="{StaticResource Primary300}" HoverForeground="{StaticResource Primary200}"
+                                            HorizontalAlignment="Left" Click="MessageLink_OnClick" />
+            </StackPanel>
         </ScrollViewer>
 
         <!-- OK Button -->
diff --git a/WheelWizard/Views/Popups/Generic/MessageBoxWindow.axaml.cs b/WheelWizard/Views/Popups/Generic/MessageBoxWindow.axaml.cs
index 19fbeeadb..eac5bb27c 100644
--- a/WheelWizard/Views/Popups/Generic/MessageBoxWindow.axaml.cs
+++ b/WheelWizard/Views/Popups/Generic/MessageBoxWindow.axaml.cs
@@ -44,6 +44,22 @@ public MessageBoxWindow SetInfoText(string extraText)
         return this;
     }
 
+    public MessageBoxWindow SetWindowTitle(string title)
+    {
+        Window.WindowTitle = title;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public MessageBoxWindow SetLink(string url)
+    {
+        MessageLink.Text = url;
+        MessageLink.Tag = url;
+        MessageLink.IsVisible = true;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    private void MessageLink_OnClick(object? sender, EventArgs e) => ViewUtils.OpenLink((string)MessageLink.Tag!);
+
     public MessageBoxWindow SetTag(string extraText)
     {
         MessageTag.Text = extraText;
diff --git a/WheelWizard/Views/Updating/UpdatePresentation.cs b/WheelWizard/Views/Updating/UpdatePresentation.cs
index 288aba933..66d3cbd80 100644
--- a/WheelWizard/Views/Updating/UpdatePresentation.cs
+++ b/WheelWizard/Views/Updating/UpdatePresentation.cs
@@ -50,10 +50,13 @@ await Dispatcher.UIThread.InvokeAsync(
             () =>
                 new MessageBoxWindow()
                     .SetTitleText("New Wheel Wizard version")
+                    .SetWindowTitle("Update available")
+                    .SetTag($"v{latestVersion}")
                     .SetInfoText(
-                        $"There is a new Wheel Wizard version available!\nVersion {latestVersion} (You are currently on {currentVersion})\n"
-                            + "You can manually update it by going to the GitHub releases at: https://github.com/TeamWheelWizard/WheelWizard/releases"
+                        $"There is a new Wheel Wizard version available!\nVersion {latestVersion} (You are currently on {currentVersion})\n\n"
+                            + "You can manually update it by going to the GitHub releases at:"
                     )
+                    .SetLink("https://github.com/TeamWheelWizard/WheelWizard/releases")
                     .Show()
         );
 

From e81b5c192d8a4af8ee807f3eace280ddcac95554 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dirk <93130991+DirkDoes@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2026 22:59:47 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] make the lighter one go less far

---
 WheelWizard/Views/Pages/HomePage.axaml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/WheelWizard/Views/Pages/HomePage.axaml b/WheelWizard/Views/Pages/HomePage.axaml
index 9dd9155b1..4f601e71a 100644
--- a/WheelWizard/Views/Pages/HomePage.axaml
+++ b/WheelWizard/Views/Pages/HomePage.axaml
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
                                Width="137" Angle="45" Y="-40" X="170" ExtendedHeight="1000" IsVisible="False"
                                Background="{StaticResource Primary600}" Foreground="{StaticResource Primary800}" />
         <components:WheelTrail Grid.Row="1" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top" x:Name="HomeTrail3"
-                               Width="137" Angle="45" Y="150" X="190" ExtendedHeight="1000" IsVisible="False"
+                               Width="137" Angle="45" Y="165" X="175" ExtendedHeight="1000" IsVisible="False"
                                Background="{StaticResource Primary200}" Foreground="{StaticResource Primary600}" />
 
         <Border Grid.Row="1" Height="630" Width="250" CornerRadius="125,125,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Bottom"